A member of President Trump’s administration called the Charlottesville attack terrorism

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Chaos ensued when white supremacists clashed with counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va. The already violent demonstrations became deadly after suspect James Alex Fields Jr., of Ohio, allegedly mowed down counter-protesters with his silver Dodge Challenger. Though President Trump gave a statement on the attack, he did not call it an act of terrorism.

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But that didn’t stop a member of is administration from doing so.

National Security Adviser Gen. H.R. McMaster told Chuck Todd of NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the event was in fact terrorism:

“I think what terrorism is, is the use of violence to incite terror and fear, and of course it was terrorism,” he explained, saying that the event could be “confidently” given the label.

He also described Saturday’s events as “heartbreaking.”

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Many Republicans have also described Saturday’s events as terrorism:

According to the National Institute of Justice, terrorism is defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as “the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.”

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced an FBI civil rights probe into the crash.

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Though the president avoided the term ‘terrorism’ in his statements, he called for the American people to unify:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/896420822780444672

While First Daughter Ivanka Trump also did not call the incident terrorism, she took the extra step to disavow “racism, white supremacy and neo-nazis:”

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